SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
Apply to SINP for PhD in Physics and Life and Chemical Sciences starting from August 2026.
Session will start from August 1, 2026
Eligibility
2024 M.Sc. pass out and onwards are eligible to apply
Physics
MSc in Physics or BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics
Life and Chemical Sciences
Masters degree in Life Sciences (with Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or
Masters degree in Physics or Chemistry (with Biology at 10+2 level) or
BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics/ Chemistry/ Biology or
MTech. in Biotechnology (with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology at 10+2 level).
Openings available
Openings may be available only in following areas :
Application procedure
All eligible students must apply through our online portal only. The link is available here.
Selection procedure
Shortlisting will be made based on previous academic records, performances in the following nation-wide screening tests:
Students should have a valid score card on the last date of submission of application.
For Physics :
CSIR/UGC NET (July 2024 onwards - Category 1 and Category 2 only), GATE (2024 onwards) in Physics, JEST (2025 onwards).
For Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences:
JGEEBILS 2026, Valid CSIR / UGC / DBT NET JRF Only, GATE (2024 Onwards)
SINP WILL NOT CARRY OUT AN ADDITIONAL WRITTEN TEST DURING SELECTION.
The list of shortlisted candidates will be published in the webpage. The shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews and it will be in HYBRID MODE (either online or in-person interview – one candidate can choose one option only) for all the science streams.
Shortlisted candidates will be informed by email also. Final selection of candidates will be based on their past records and interviews. Selected candidates will be informed by email and also through announcement in this web page.
Important Information
All candidates must apply through online portal with hall ticket number/rank/percentile marks of national level qualification tests JGEEBILS/NET/GATE etc. SINP holds full rights to select/not select a candidate at any stage of the selection process.
Fellowships and benefits
The selected students will be admitted as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) of SINP.
Fellowships
37,000/- p.m. for JRF
42,000/- p.m. for SRF
Tenure
4 years, extendable to the 5th year. Yearly renewals and 5th year extensions are subject to satisfactory performance.
Contingency, HRA, Medical benefits, etc. are as per extant rules.
Limited hostel accommodations are available.
Last Date of Submission of Application online: 17th May, 2026
Approximate number of Intake in August 2026 : 35
Visit this webpage regularly for all updates
For any query, contact the coordinators:
Theoretical Physics: pmsc.phys[AT]saha.ac.in
Experimental Physics: pmsc.exptphys[AT]saha.ac.in
Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences : pmsc.bio[AT]saha.ac.in
Session will start from August 1, 2026
Eligibility
2024 M.Sc. pass out and onwards are eligible to apply
Physics
MSc in Physics or BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics
Life and Chemical Sciences
Masters degree in Life Sciences (with Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or
Masters degree in Physics or Chemistry (with Biology at 10+2 level) or
BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics/ Chemistry/ Biology or
MTech. in Biotechnology (with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology at 10+2 level).
Openings available
Openings may be available only in following areas :
| Theoretical Physics | Topics (Guides) |
| 1. Topological Phases (Krishanu Roychowdhury) 2. Quantum Computation (Krishanu Roychowdhury) 3. Conformal Field Theory (Arnab Kundu) 4. Black Holes (Arnab Kundu) 5. Non-Lorentzian Geometry and Physics (Ashish Shukla) 6. Interplay of topology and correlations in condensed matter systems(Arti Garg) 7. Quantum many-body physics of quantum computers and qubit arrays (Arti Garg) |
| Experimental Physics | Topics (Guides) |
| 1. Electronic structure studies of surfaces, interfaces and ultrathin films (Krishnakumar S R Menon) 2. Spectromicroscopic studies of surfaces, interfaces and ultrathin films (Krishnakumar S R Menon) 3. Observational High Energy Astroparticle Physics (Pratik Majumdar) 4. Nanostructured Materials for Enhanced Performance of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (Biswarup Satpati) 5. Storage of structured light in cold atomic systems (Sankar De) 6. Optical atomic magnetometry for NMR applications (Sankar De) 7. Probing molecular dynamics with photons and charged particles (Sankar De) 8. Quantum electron interference devices and quantum logic gates (Biswajit Karmakar) 9. Hybrid perovskite materials for energy harvesting research (Mrinmay K Mukhopadhyay) 10. Data-Driven Diagnostics : Hot & dense QCD medium/QGP studies using theory & computational methods/algorithm development - Mathematical modelling of physical processes (Debasish Das) 11. Charge transport through atomic scale conductors (Sudipto Chakrabarti) 12. Synthesis of free-standing membranes of oxide based 2D electron gas and their transport properties for energy efficient spintronic devices (Srijani Mallik) 13. Emerging quantum phenomena in 2D van der Waals materials (Swarup Deb) 14. Gravitational Wave Astrophysics (Arunava Mukherjee) 15. Laser Spectroscopy in Supersonic jet or Molecular Beam Spectroscopy (Montu K. Hazra) 16. Atmospheric Science including reactions of astrophysical relevance (Montu K. Hazra) |
| Life Sciences and Chemical Science | Topics (Guides) |
| 1. Cancer Metabolism, Epitranscriptomics, Host-microbiome Interaction (Soumen Manna) 2. Spliceosome, Telomere Homeostasis, iPSC induced Cardiomyogenesis (Kaushik Sengupta) 3. Epigenetic programming on inter-organ cross-talk in cancer/ metabolic disorders (Chandrima Das) 4. Synthetic Molecular Biology, Cellular Engineering, Biological Artificial Intelligence (Sangram Bagh) 5. Ion Channels in Cellular Signalling (H. Raghuraman) 6. Chemistry (Dulal Senapati) 7. Laser Spectroscopy in Supersonic jet or Molecular Beam Spectroscopy (Montu K. Hazra) 8. Atmospheric Science including reactions of astrophysical relevance (Montu K. Hazra) 9. Computational Biology, Enzyme Design and Mechanism, Protein Structure-function (Subhendu Roy) 10. Antimicrobial Resistance, Ribosome-antibiotic Interaction, Cryo-EM Structural Biology (Tofayel Ahmed) 11. Single Molecule Imaging, Oncogenic Fusion Proteins, Biomolecular Condensate (Barun Maity) 12. T-cell Biology, Autoimmunity, Epigenetics (Aditi Chandra) |
Application procedure
All eligible students must apply through our online portal only. The link is available here.
Selection procedure
Shortlisting will be made based on previous academic records, performances in the following nation-wide screening tests:
Students should have a valid score card on the last date of submission of application.
For Physics :
CSIR/UGC NET (July 2024 onwards - Category 1 and Category 2 only), GATE (2024 onwards) in Physics, JEST (2025 onwards).
For Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences:
JGEEBILS 2026, Valid CSIR / UGC / DBT NET JRF Only, GATE (2024 Onwards)
SINP WILL NOT CARRY OUT AN ADDITIONAL WRITTEN TEST DURING SELECTION.
The list of shortlisted candidates will be published in the webpage. The shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews and it will be in HYBRID MODE (either online or in-person interview – one candidate can choose one option only) for all the science streams.
Shortlisted candidates will be informed by email also. Final selection of candidates will be based on their past records and interviews. Selected candidates will be informed by email and also through announcement in this web page.
Important Information
All candidates must apply through online portal with hall ticket number/rank/percentile marks of national level qualification tests JGEEBILS/NET/GATE etc. SINP holds full rights to select/not select a candidate at any stage of the selection process.
Fellowships and benefits
The selected students will be admitted as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) of SINP.
Fellowships
37,000/- p.m. for JRF
42,000/- p.m. for SRF
Tenure
4 years, extendable to the 5th year. Yearly renewals and 5th year extensions are subject to satisfactory performance.
Contingency, HRA, Medical benefits, etc. are as per extant rules.
Limited hostel accommodations are available.
Last Date of Submission of Application online: 17th May, 2026
Approximate number of Intake in August 2026 : 35
Visit this webpage regularly for all updates
For any query, contact the coordinators:
Theoretical Physics: pmsc.phys[AT]saha.ac.in
Experimental Physics: pmsc.exptphys[AT]saha.ac.in
Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences : pmsc.bio[AT]saha.ac.in
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Epigenetic and Cancer Biology (Chandrima Das)
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Neuroscience, RNA Biology (Debashis Mukhopadhyay)